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The Data Management Imperative vs. IT Reality
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, Migration, NVMe, Tegile, Virtualization
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Paper: How to Design a High Performance, Cost Effective and Secure Storage Infrastructure
There are plenty of expectations for production storage systems. Users want it fast, managers want it cost effective, and executives want it secure. Additionally, the system has to protect data from hardware failure, software bugs, and user mistakes. Meeting all…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Software Defined
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Posted in White Paper
What is the Value of Hybrid Flash in an All-Flash Era?
When flash storage first became viable for the enterprise, it was also very expensive. Early devices where low in capacity as well. Hybrid systems overcame these two shortcomings by mixing hard disk and flash technologies. These systems added the capability…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, Migration, Tegile, Virtualization
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The Storage Problems That HCI Creates
Hyperconverged Infrastructures (HCI), as they scale, start to experience several storage challenges. HCI deals with any scaling requirement with a single move, adding a node. This additional node comes with CPU and Memory to meet the compute demand, flash storage…
Solving the Storage Problem of Data Center Modernization – Datera Briefing Note
A decade ago when cloud providers like Amazon entered the market, they redefined how to provision IT services. These services provided self-service capability that raised the bar for how users and application owners wanted to interact with IT. The mission…
Tagged with: Cloud, Container, Datera, Flash, Replication, Scale, Software Defined, Unstructured data, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Cloud NAS vs. Large Files – How Cloud NAS can Win
Many Cloud NAS solutions leverage a local cache to get around the latency problem when retrieving data from the cloud. If the requested file is on the local cache the user will notice no performance difference than before they had…
Hardware Defined All-Flash Arrays for a Software Defined World – Storbyte Briefing Note
While software-defined storage (SDS) captures the attention of the market, enterprise IT professionals know that the hardware still matters. The problem is that while a multitude of SDS solutions have come to market the hardware selection pool is essentially limited…
Tagged with: All-Flash Array, ASIC, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, SDS, SSD, Storbyte
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Dealing with the Storage Challenges Containers Create – Storidge Briefing Note
Containers have improved an organization’s ability to rapidly develop, test and deliver applications. In many cases however, storage is a boat anchor slowing the whole process down. As enterprises increase their use of container technology and begin using the technology…
Tagged with: Cassandra, Cloud, Container, Flash, Hyper-converged, LUN, MongoDB, MySQL, NVMe, QOS, SAN, Software Defined, Storidge
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Webinar: Three Reasons Storage Security is Failing and How to Fix It
An organization’s data is constantly under attack. Whether it’s through ransomware attacks, cyber-threats or employee misguidedness, all expose organizational data and put it at risk. Encryption and access control are the keys to securing data and cyber resiliency, but most…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Software Defined
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Posted in Webinar
Understanding All-Flash Costs – X-IO Briefing Note
All-flash arrays are quickly becoming the production storage system of choice. Organizations like that all-flash arrays eliminate the need to constantly fine tune the environment to wring out that last little bit of performance. The problem is that flash arrays…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, dr, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, QOS, Replication, Snapshot, X-IO
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